We're building a community of technologists committed to leveraging AI to create real good. We run a series of events around London, and maintain an exciting online community.

• Newspeak

• Artificial Intelligence
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK and drive forward a modern digital government for the benefit of its citizens.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

A package of tools to speed up the work of civil servants and make them deliver ministerial plans more quickly.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

i.AI are using AI to match capacity to demand in the Grid connections queue

• Affordable and clean energy
• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine learning

Consult is a machine learning and LLM-powered tool to automate the processing of public consultations.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Engagement tech
• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence in UK government

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Innovation teams and labs

We’re a growing community of not-for-profit digital leads committed to making the most of digital technology for positive social impact, by sharing best practice and peer-to-peer learning.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Nonprofit tech

We’re a community of tech for good agencies, consultancies and freelancers. We hang out on a Slack Workspace and support each other to do socially impactful work.

• Slack

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences

• apps
• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Identity
• Official Digital Identity Systems

Bringing Generative AI to the way the Civil Service works

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

Enabled search through UK political documents such as speeches, press releases, voting records, and candidates' profiles, providing comprehensive insights into the political landscape.

• ChatGPT

• Graveyard
• Artificial Intelligence

An end-to-end solution to sharing data across government

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Open government data

A fact-checking website designed to provide critical support to investigative journalists, fact-checkers, and data journalism experts by simplifying access to information from Armenian open sources.

ThemeFinder is a topic modelling Python package designed for analysing one-to-many question-answer data (i.e. survey responses, public consultations, etc.).

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence

A free seven-week online training programme teaching innovative techniques from the digital world to enhance work and problem-solving abilities.

• trainings

• Online courses
• Design

Equipping policy makers and researchers with AI-driven tools to explore legislation, analyse parliamentary developments, and empowering them in the policy making process.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

This is a project that aims to broaden horizons through live-streaming webcams from around the world, allowing you to observe virtually any part of the planet.

The largest Persian e-petition platform in Iran

• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech
• Petitions

Open source contact center software for crisis response helplines

Lightweight responsible data governance initiative, modelled after Open Source and Creative Commons, but for data which should not be open

Open source software for landscape leader, land stewards, smallholders, farmers, ranchers.

As a national think tank, we are committed to proposing policy recommendations on emerging technologies based on the public needs of democracy and society and to offering the international community a unique Taiwanese perspective.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Participatory democracy
• Research and policy centers

Voice survey tool to increase public engagement

Curious whether Congestion Pricing is having an impact on commutes in NYC? Take a look to compare traffic data before and after Congestion Pricing

• Sustainable cities and communities
• city
• mobility

• Data visualization
• Civic maps

Tavanmand is a social media short video series in Persian (Farsi) aimed at empowering communities by showcasing practical, low-tech solutions and fostering positive cultural and behavioural changes through accessible, engaging content.

We are seeding a future in which ‍truth is a shared asset, and trust between citizens in Europe is fostered by transparency in the digital sphere.

• Fight disinformation
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Group decision making

This article proposes, and presents results from, an online technology platform and a methodology, which can help depolarize sectors of society, with the specific application to the current divisive post-war landscape within Colombia.

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Group decision making

A country’s EPI reflects the e-participation mechanisms that are deployed by the government as compared to all other countries.

• Participatory democracy
• Govtech
• Report cards and audits

The E-Government Development Index presents the state of E-Government Development of the United Nations Member States.

• United Nations

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Report cards and audits

Google DeepMind and Stanford researchers built the "Habermas Machine" and found that AI mediators generated more palatable summary statements of the discussions, as rated by participants, than human-written summaries, while still representing minority views in the final version.

• Google

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Group decision making

Conversations with the people building the Next Generation Internet (NGI). They’re working on free and open source technologies to make the internet more resilient, secure, trustworthy, accessible and human-centered.

• podcasts

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts
• Open internet

By Jennifer Pahlka and Andrew Greenway for the Niskanen Center

• reports

• Govtech
• Reports
• Internal government tech capacity

We support organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Predecessors

Stanford + DeepMind study that used LLMs to simulate people with AI agents based on a 2-hour interview

• Google

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Academia

Die DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie leistet ganz konkrete und zielgerichtete Beiträge, um Qualität und Unabhängigkeit des Journalismus und damit seine Abwehrkräfte gegenüber autoritären Tendenzen zu stärken und verfolgt dabei eine systemische Herangehensweise.

• Media
• Get funding
• Funders & donors